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Apple requests return of Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kits, offers $200 toward purch...
Followup...
Yes, the DTK does state ONE YEAR, but also states that the program may be terminated early with written notice by either party (developer or Apple). So any developer that was approved for the DTK also agreed to these terms. Therefore, no complaining is warranted.
https://developer.apple.com/terms/universal-app-quick-start-program/Developer-Universal-App-Quick-Start-Program.pdf
The fact that Apple is returning nearly one half of the original fee is more than generous, i say. Again, how can someone complain about this? It's a gift.
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Apple to reportedly remove app that enabled Google Stadia on iPhone [u]
I normally defend most decisions that Apple makes, but this feels like a dick move to me. Unless users are somehow put at risk, I can't think of a single reason for the removal of this app. And I'm not a gamer.
If this app is putting users are risk, then I support its removal, with the condition that the issues be addressed. But I'm learning towards Apple just not liking that something is competing with Arcade and their "service" revenues.
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First benchmark indicates A14 is major upgrade from A13
sflocal said:The industry continues to evolve, and new fabrication methods are constantly in development, along with materials science. The industry will continue, and will evolve. It has too. Silicon still has more life in it, but it will be interesting what to see what the next revolution will be for CPU design. Necessity is the mother of all inventions.
Graphene is one tech that's in the works.
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/175727-ibm-builds-graphene-chip-thats-10000-times-faster-using-standard-cmos-processes
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App Store nearly doubles Google Play revenues across COVID-19 lockdown
The headline is open for interpretation."App Store nearly doubles Google Play revenues..."
One interpretation is that Google Play revenues doubled because of the App Store, that somehow App Store caused the doubling of Google Play revenues.
Better wording is:"App Store revenues nearly double that of Google Play..."
Editing quality has gone downhill, I think.
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Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky calls Apple Silicon strategy 'fearless'
riss said:Tim Cook has hardly any right to take credit for it - he couldn’t even sell it himself during Keynote. This is a direct result of PA Semi acquisition by Apple back in 2008 that was decided by Steve. Plus he also mentioned during Intel transition keynote what OS X life expectancy was back in 2005 (22:55 into WWDC 2005). All of these pieces now came together, the only thing Cook can take credit for is balance sheet and supply chain Apple has today. Product wise this is probably last act from Steve and his ‘skating where the puck is going to be’ mindset
Apple's involvement with ARM goes back way before 2008. A lot of what makes ARM successful today (for all commercial users) is a result of Apple's involvement with the architecture design many years earlier...
From Wikipedia...
In the late 1980s, Apple Computer and VLSI Technology started working with Acorn on newer versions of the Arm core. In 1990, Acorn spun off the design team into a new company named Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.,[30][31][32] which became Arm Ltd when its parent company, Arm Holdings plc, floated on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ in 1998.[33] The new Apple-Arm work would eventually evolve into the Arm6, first released in early 1992. Apple used the Arm6-based Arm610 as the basis for their Apple Newton PDA.
